The Cleveland Browns' sale to Jimmy Haslam III has been unanimously approved by NFL owners.

Haslam bought the team from Randy Lerner for $1 billion, and the owners voted 32-0 Tuesday to approve the deal. Haslam, who built his fortune with Pilot Flying J truck stops, has been a minority owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers, but divested that stock to buy the Browns.

Haslam and Lerner agreed to the sale in August just as training camp was opening. Haslam has said his mission is to bring winning football back to Cleveland; the Browns have made the playoffs once since returning to the NFL in 1999.

Haslam wasted no time making a big move. ESPN reports he named Joe Banner, formerly the Philadelphia Eagles president, as the Browns' new chief executive officer, effective immediately.

Giving Banner the job coincides with the news, per ESPN, that current Browns president Mike Holmgren will retire at the end of the 2012 season.

That should put coach Pat Shurmur on high alert. The Browns got their first victory Sunday to move to 1-5 on the season, but if there's no signs of real improvement from last season's 4-12 campaign, it wouldn't be surprising if Shurmer was swept away in Cleveland's current sea change.